A Bold Heart
(Part 2 of “A Heart that Pleases God”)
NIV Joshua 1:9
Have I not commanded you? Be strong and
courageous. Do not be afraid; do not be
discouraged, for the Lord your God will be with
you wherever you go.
ESV 2 Timothy 1:7
For God gave us a spirit not of fear but of
power and love and self-control.
A Bold Heart
(Part 2 of “A Heart that Pleases God”)
How Did David Develop a Bold Heart?
ESV 1 Samuel 17:32-33
And David said to Saul, “Let no man's heart fail
because of him. Your servant will go and fight
with this Philistine.” And Saul said to David,
“You are not able to go against this Philistine to
fight with him, for you are but a youth, and he
has been a man of war from his youth.”
ESV 1 Samuel 17:34-35
But David said to Saul, “Your servant used to
keep sheep for his father. And when there
came a lion, or a bear, and took a lamb from
the flock, I went after him and struck him
and delivered it out of his mouth. And if he
arose against me, I caught him by his beard
and struck him and killed him.
ESV 1 Samuel 17:36-37
Your servant has struck down both lions and
bears, and this uncircumcised Philistine shall
be like one of them, for he has defied the
armies of the living God.” And David said,
“The Lord who delivered me from the paw of
the lion and from the paw of the bear will
deliver me from the hand of this Philistine.”
And Saul said to David, “Go, and the Lord be
with you!”
How Did David Develop a Bold Heart?
How Did David Develop a Bold Heart?
•He Remembered God’s Faithfulness
ESV 1 Samuel 17:42-43
And when the Philistine looked and saw
David, he disdained him, for he was but a
youth, ruddy and handsome in appearance.
And the Philistine said to David, “Am I a dog,
that you come to me with sticks?” And the
Philistine cursed David by his gods.
ESV 1 Samuel 17:45
Then David said to the Philistine, “You come
to me with a sword and with a spear and
with a javelin, but I come to you in the name
of the Lord of hosts, the God of the armies of
Israel, whom you have defied.
ESV 1 Samuel 17:46-47
This day the Lord will deliver you into my
hand, and I will strike you down and cut off
your head. And I will give the dead bodies of
the host of the Philistines this day to the
birds of the air and to the wild beasts of the
earth, that all the earth may know that there
is a God in Israel, and that all this assembly
may know that the Lord saves not with
sword and spear. For the battle is the Lord's,
and he will give you into our hand.”
How Did David Develop a Bold Heart?
•He Remembered God’s Faithfulness
How Did David Develop a Bold Heart?
•He Remembered God’s Faithfulness
•He Trusted God, Not Circumstances
How Did David Develop a Bold Heart?
•He Remembered God’s Faithfulness
•He Trusted God, Not Circumstances
•He Took Action
ESV 1 Samuel 17:48-49
When the Philistine arose and came and
drew near to meet David, David ran quickly
toward the battle line to meet the
Philistine. And David put his hand in his bag
and took out a stone and slung it and struck
the Philistine on his forehead. The stone sank
into his forehead, and he fell on his face to
the ground.
ESV 1 Samuel 17:50-51
So David prevailed over the Philistine with a
sling and with a stone, and struck the
Philistine and killed him. There was no sword
in the hand of David. Then David ran and
stood over the Philistine and took his sword
and drew it out of its sheath and killed him
and cut off his head with it. When the
Philistines saw that their champion was
dead, they fled.
A Bold Heart
(Part 2 of “A Heart that Pleases God”)
Challenge:
Challenge:
•Do one thing you think God wants you to
do that you’re afraid of.